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| A pancake made from ostrich eggs served with fresh vegetables from the mountainside - Photo: Tuong Vi |
Made with rice flour and the eggs from the ostriches that live at the tourist park, the pancakes are served with wild vegetables from the mountain such as kim that, la sung, cat loi, nganh nganh, dot bua, la vong and ma de. The aromatic leaves are all used to produce Vietnamese traditional medicine.
Every egg weighs from 800 grams to 1.5 kilograms and sells for VND250,000 each. A cook at the restaurant told me that she could make 50 cakes from an egg. Each pancake costs VND12,000.
In the cool climate of the mountain, the hot yellow pancake, the slight greasy flavor of the ostrich’s egg mixed with fried tiny shrimps, half fat and half lean pork, fresh bean sprouts, and green beans is delicious. The vegetables and the fish sauce give the dish a very special flavor.
